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It does not cover any content (though some will be used in examples).  You may even find it helpful for your other subjects!\nRevision is most effective when you are USING information.  The ideas below all require you to think about content and use it in a new way.  Repetition of this process will help you retain facts.\nLearning Styles\nDifferent people learn in different ways. Decide which style you prefer and use the following techniques. If you don’t know which you are, try each and see which style works best for you.\nVISUAL\nUse pattern notes/mindmaps/ posters/ leaflets/ Dvds/ YouTube/ Pictures/ Diagrams\nVisualisation of information and outcomes\nHighlighting\nTransform information into cartoons\nSubject specific vocabulary / key words on cards\nComputer – revision sites like bitesize\nUse key words – display key words and key information around your room just above eye level\nAttach pictures or images to keywords/information to improve memory\nAUDITORY\nAny activities involving reading AND listening or speaking\nDescribe out loud what you are doing as you do it\nDescribe something either in writing or orally, in your own words\nMake rhymes, jingles, songs etc.\nDiscuss your plans/ideas/answers with a partner\nReport back / present / teach someone else what you have learnt\nUse podcasts, record yourself speaking and listen to them whilst on bus etc.\nPut key words to a familiar or popular tune – e.g. Happy Birthday, favourite song\nCreate your own questions and use these for quizzes, bingo, nought and crosses and board games.\nPRACTICAL\nUse role play, re-create or re-enact an event,\nUse models – create a model of the human heart, plan a battle etc.\nUse paper based activities – write notes/key words on post its, post cards or scrap paper then use to arrange, organise, plan, sequence, classify and prioritise or turn into pattern notes/mind maps\nUse movement – walk, dance, run while listening, reading, talking out aloud\nGames: bingo, noughts and crosses, pairs\nPractical examples\nPast Papers\nYou can use past papers in a number of ways\nDo the questions, then ask your class teacher to mark them\nUse the marking schemes to make up perfect ‘model answers’\nTake notes from marking schemes on the different bits of knowledge or historiography you could use in various topics\nA link to the SQA past paper site is below –\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.sqa.org.uk/pastpapers/findpastpaper.htm\" \u0014https://www.sqa.org.uk/pastpapers/findpastpaper.htm\u0015\nMost decent bookshops will also stock past papers books too.\nCircles of Significance (very helpful for essays/ 9 mark responses)\nThe idea here is to organise your factors by importance.  Write your most important factor and associated notes in the biggest circle and continue until your least important factor and notes are in your smallest circle.  A template is below.\nAt National 5 level this will help you plan responses to 9 mark ‘To what extent’ questions and frame your Assignment paragraphs.\nAt Higher level this is a very helpful tool when weighing up your factors in essay planning, particularly if you are looking for ‘Evaluation’ marks.\n\u000f\nGold Silver Bronze\nUseful as a quick revision tool on a narrow topic.  Eg. How did the Slave Trade impact Bristol?\nThink of the 3 most important facts to do with that issue. Write them down – your most important fact is your GOLD fact, then Silver then Bronze – example below\nBristol had been trading enslaved Africans long before the height of the Atlantic Slave Trade – this had made Bristol entrepreneurs wealthy\nMoney earned from the Slave trade was invested in to fine buildings and industries in Bristol\nBristol’s position on the West Coast of England gave it an advantage over London so it became a very busy port\n\u000f\nFact Catcher\nA useful tool for when you are revising questions that require several points of recall.  All of Paper two at Higher for example of explain and ‘To what Ext","cbCaipzPFlLD1Mnu","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipzPFlLD1Mnu","docx",1725531,"English","# Learning Styles\n## Visual\n## Auditory\n## Practical\n# Past Papers\n# Circles of Significance\n# Gold Silver Bronze\n# Fact Catcher\n# Mind Map\n# Nightmare Before Your Exam\n# Zone of Relevance\n# Revision Clock","[{\"question\":\"Why does the booklet say revision works best when using information?\",\"answer\":\"It emphasizes that effective revision involves thinking about content and using it in a new way. Repeating this process helps retain facts.\"},{\"question\":\"What visual and auditory techniques are suggested for revision?\",\"answer\":\"For visual learning it recommends pattern notes/mind maps, posters, diagrams, highlighting, and keyword cards. 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